Stationary seat for cars and omnibuses.



J. B. KUNKEL. STATIONARY SEAT FOR CARS AND OMNIBUSES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-21, 1915.

1,231 914., Patented July 3, 1917.

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STATIONARY SEAT FOR CARS AND OMNIBUSES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, I915.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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JOHN B. KUNKEL, 01E" PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HALE AND KILBURN, OF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

STATIONARY SEAT FOR CARS AND OMNIBU'SES.

Application filed August 21, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. KUNKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stationary Seats for Cars and Omnibuses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a stationary seat having a frame preferably composed of pressed metal members and having the advantages of lightness, rigidity, cheapness and simplicity of mamifacture and assembling. The construction is designed chiefly for use in the so-called jitney or other onmibuses, but it is equally applicable for use in railway and other cars in which stationary seats are desirable. Briefly, the co11- struction may be described as comprising a frame having end supports for the seat, vertical end members for the back rising from the rear of the seat supports and a transverse top member extending between the upwardly extending back standards. The endseat supports are formed with inwardly directed top and bottom flanges and front flanges extending lengthwise of the seat. The back standards are formed with rearwardly directed webs, front flanges extending lengthwise of the back and a stiflening bead along the rear-and bottom edges of the web. A channel-shaped front rail is mounted within the front flanges of the seat supports and an angular bar connects the seat supports at the rear. The seat-cushion rests on the top flanges of the seat frame thus formed. A metal sheet is secured to the front flanges of the back standards, extendingupwardly onlyfor a part of the height of the standards, this sheet being curved forwardly at its lowerend to be secured to the top rear flanges of the seat frame. A transverse stiffening member is secured to the upperedge of theback-sheet referred to and to the front flanges of the back standards, and the back-cushion is mounted against the front flanges of the back standards to bridge the space between the upper edge of the back-sheet referred to and the top crossmember of the back.

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and illustrating certain embodiments thereof. In

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 19M.

Serial No. 46,591.

the drawings, Figure 1 represents an end elevatlon of my improved seat mounted upon suitable supports, Fig. 2 is a vertical section through my improved construction taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3 and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the construction.

Referring to the drawings a pair of endseat supports 1, 1 are employed from the rear ends of which rise the back standards 2, 2 which are connected at their upper ends by the transverse member 3. Preferably, as stated, the seat supports 1 are formed with inwardly directed bottom and top flanges 4. and 5 respectively, which flanges are connected by the front flanges 6 extending inwardly, lengthwise of the seat, from the webs of the members. The back standards 2 are formed at their lower ends with offset portions 7 joining the rear ends of the seat supports when, as in the form illustrated, the seat is of a greater length than the back. The back standards are formed of pressed metal having front flanges 8 extending inwardly, that is lengthwise of the seat, from the web portions 9 which extend rearwardly in vertical planes. At the rear of each web portion, the latter is beaded or curved inwardly as shown at 10, to form a rigid construction, this beading extending along the bottom forwardly curved edge of each web portion of a back standard. The top transverse member 3 is provided at its rear edge with a similar beading, from which the member extends horizontally to the front and thence is flanged downwardly at an angle as shown at 11. The seat and back frame thus provided may be formed as an integral construction as illustrated, bent and pressed to shape, or it may be formed of separate members, welded or otherwise suitably secured together.

A front rail 12 is secured within the front and bottom flanges of the end supports 1, this front rail preferably taking the form of a channel-bar having rearwardly directed top and bottom flanges. The seat supports 1 are connected at the rear by a transverse angular member 13 preferably in the form of a Z-bar, the bottom flanges of which are secured to the bottom flanges 4 of the seat supports, the top flanges of the bar extending rearwardly. The seat frame is reinforced by suitable means, preferably by an angle-bar 14 extending from front to back at an inclination and secured at its ends upon the bottom flanges of the front and back rails 12 and 13.

The seat-cushion 15 is mounted upon the top flanges of the seat frame described. This cushion comprises a metal sheet 16 upon which is mounted felt or other upholstery material 17 covered by ratan or other suitable upholstery 18. A number of suitable reinforcing members 19 are secured to the under side of sheet 17 and extend from front to rear of the same. These preferably take the form of channel-bars as shown. The seat may be secured in position by screws or other suitable securing means 20, 21, extending through the top flanges of transverse members 13 and 12 respectively and the rear and front edges of sheet 16, the ratan or covering 18 being bent around the cushion f 'ame at the edges and secured by screws 20, 21 between the top flanges of members 13 and 12 and sheet 16. The reinforcing channels 19 are preferably secured at their ends by the same screws 20 and 21.

A metal back sheet 22 is secured between the front flanges 8 of the back standards, this sheet preferably extending upwardly for only a part of the height of the back standards. Sheet 22 at its lower end is curved forwardly as shown at 23, its lower edge being secured within the top flange of the rear cross-bar 13, by screws 20. A transverse stiffening bar 24 is secured to the upper edge of back-sheet 22 and to the flanges 8 of back standards 2. Member 24- preferably takes the form of a channeled or rearwardly curved member having top and bottom vertical flanges. The backcushion 25 is secured in position across the front flanges 8 of back standards 2, between the top of back-sheet 22 and the forward flange 11 of the top member 3 of the backframe. sists of a metal sheet 26 having a covering The back-cushion preferably 0011-,

of felt 01' other suitable material 27 over.

the same, which is covered or held in place by an outer layer 28 of ratan or other suit able material. The ratan 1s bent around the cushion which extend respectively through sheet 22, the lower flange of member24, the

lower edge of the ratan and the lower strip 29, and through flange 11 of top member 3, sheet 26, the upper edge of the ratan, and the upper strip 29. The upper flange of stiffening member 241 rests against and.

may be secured to the rear surface of sheet 26. The seat may be supported by suitable means such as the cricket 32 at the aisle.

end and the wall-bracket 33 at the wall end by bolts 3% extending through the bottom flanges of the seat supports 1.

It will be obvious from the above description that my improved seat is light and strong, may be efliciently manufactured of standardized parts economically and may be assembled or taken apart with slight expenditure of labor.

. Having now described my invention, what what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a stationary seat, the combination of a pair of end-seat-supports and members extending upwardly from the rear of said supports, said supports being horizontally flanged at top and bottom and said upwardly-extending members having rearwardly extending vertical webs with front flanges transverse to the webs, a transverse angular bar having its bottom flanges secured to the bottom flanges of said supports, a metal back-sheet having a horizontal offset portion at its lower end secured to the top flanges of said bar and an upwardly extending portion secured to the front flanges of said upwardly extending members, and a seat cushion secured on the top flanges of said supports and transverse,

angular bar, substantially as set forth.

In a stationary seat, the combination of a pair of end .seatsupports and members extending upwardly from the rear of said supports, said supports being horizontally flanged at top and bottom and said up- 'ardly extending members having rearwardly extending vertical webs with front flanges transverse to the webs, cross members between said supports, a metal backsheet having a lower portion secured to flanges of'said supports and an upwardly extending portion secured to the front flanges of said upwardly extending members, said back-sheet being of less height than said upwardly-extending members, a

seat secured on the top flanges of said sup ports, and a back-cushion secured to said upwardly extending members, between the upper portion of said back-sheet and the top of said upwardly extending members, substantially as set forth.

3. In a stationary seat, the combination of a seat frame, a back frame rising from the rear thereof, comprising standards having rearwardly extending webs and front flanges, a metal sheet secured to said seat frame and front flanges, of less height than said standards, a transverse stiffening member secured to the upper edge of saidsheet and to said front flanges, and a backcushion secured across said front flanges, to said stiffening member and the upper edge of said sheet, substantially as set forth.

1. In a stationary seat, the combination of a seat-frame, a back-frame rising from the rear thereof, comprising standards having webs and front flanges, a transverse top member between said standards, having a front flange, a metal sheet secured to said seat frame and to the front flanges of the standards, of less height than said standards, a transverse flanged stiffening member secured to the upper edge of said sheet and to the front flanges of the standards, and a back-cushion secured across said front flanges of the standards, said cushion being secured at the bottom to said stiffening member and the upper edge of said sheet, and at the top to the front flange of said transverse top member, substantially as set forth.

5. In a stationary seat, the combination of a pair of end-seat supports and stand ards extending upwardly from the rear thereof, said supports having horizontal flanges at top and bottom, a front rail secured Within the flanges of said supports, a

rear transverse member of Z-shape, l'laving its forwardly directed bottom flange secured to the bottom flanges of said supports, a metal back-sheet secured to said standards and having a forwardly directed bottom portion lying against the top flange of said rear transverse member, and a seat-cushion on the top flanges of said supports and secured to said front rail at the front and to the bottom portion of said back-sheet and the top flange of said rear transverse mem her at the rear, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 19th day of August, 1915.

JOHN B. KUNKEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. KniBnnN, WM. J EARNSHAW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

It is hereby certified that the assignee in Letters Patent No. 1,231,914, granted July 3, 1917, ilpon the application of John B. Kunkel, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Stationary Seats for Cars and Omnibuses, was erroneously described and specified as Hale and Kilburn, Whereas said assignee should have been described and specified as Hale and Kilburn Company as shown by the records of assignments in this ofiice; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of August, A. D., 1917.

R. F. WVHITEHEAD,

[SEAL] Acting Commissioner of Patents. 01. 1552. 

